Gibson Girl

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A personification of American ideal feminine beauty around the beginning of the 20th century, depicted as voluptuous but ladylike and fashionable.
  2. A survival radio transmitter carried by aircraft on over-water operations. US,historical,slang

词形变化

Gibson Girls plural

词源

Introduced in the satirical works of illustrator Charles Dana Gibson in the 1890s.
(radio transmitter): So called from its hourglass shape (allowing it to be held between one's legs while the generator handle was turned), supposed to resemble a womanly figure.
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